unhoped

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ hoped.

Adjective

unhoped (not comparable)

1. Not hoped for; unexpected.
   • 1660, [John] Dryden, Astraea Redux:

     The Prince of peace would like himself confer / A gift unhoped, without the price of war

   • 1744, Eliza Fowler Haywood, The Fortunate Foundlings‎^[1]:

     With these words he gave him a letter directed, as he had said, but not sealed, which Horatio, after he had manifested the sense he had of so unhoped an obligation, reminded him of.

   • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 289:

     Men on cycles, lean-faced, unkempt, scorched along every country lane, shouting of unhoped deliverance, shouting to gaunt, staring figures of despair.

Usage notes

• unhoped-for is more frequently encountered.